The student pilot aboard the flight school airplane that crashed Oct. 11 on Main Street near Pratt & Whitney was acting odd, became combative with the flight instructor and may have intentionally crashed the airplane, according to East Hartford police reports made public Tuesday.

The police reports confirm reports in The Courant months ago that said flight instructor Arian Prevalla told investigators that the student pilot, Feras Freitekh, began acting erratically as the aircraft prepared to land at Brainard Airport in Hartford, and that the crash appeared to be intentional.

"Prevalla indicated that Freitekh had made a comment to him that he didn't want to fly anymore, so he said to Freitekh, 'let's go back,' " to the airport, according to a police report. "He mentioned how Freitekh was saying things that didn't make sense, such as that he didn't want to be a pilot, and that his mom wanted him to fly."

A federal official told The Courant last year that the crash appeared to be a case of suicide and the National Transportation Safety Board said its initial investigation indicated the crash was intentional. A final NTSB report has not been issued.

Prevalla told detectives that Freitekh, 28, was a long-time student and was a good student, "but he was doing everything wrong" the day of the crash. "Prevalla said his maneuvers were backwards and he was doing everything out of order. Prevalla mentioned how Freitekh was laughing, joking, and seemed out of place, which made him feel uncomfortable."

Because of Freitekh's odd behavior, Prevalla told investigators that he tried to regain control of the aircraft for the approach to Brainard.

Prevalla, 43, told the detectives that he ordered Freitekh to give him control of the airplane, but Freitekh responded, "I got it," according to a report. Freitekh had never done anything like that before, Prevalla told detectives.

When a flight instructor tells a student to give him control, a student is supposed to let go of the controls, Prevalla told detectives. In the past, Freitekh complied with such commands.

Prevalla told investigators he screamed at Freitekh to release the controls and hit Freitekh's left hand, but Freitekh's grip remained firm and he refused to relinquish control. Prevalla told police Freitekh continued to fight with him over control of the aircraft.

"Prevalla indicated they didn't have enough altitude to recover and the plane turned and flipped," according to a report. "After the crash, Prevalla mentioned how he tried to pull Freitekh out and he wasn't moving. He said he kicked the window to get out and the flames were preventing him [from] getting back in."

Prevalla told investigators that Freitekh was from Jordan and was training to become a commercial pilot at Prevalla's American Flight Academy at Brainard. He is president of the flight academy and managing member of the Hartford Jet Center at Brainard. The plane involved in the crash was a Piper PA-34 Seneca.

Prevalla was in the pilot's seat when he bailed out. He ended up at the back entrance of a credit union, shirtless and with burns on his right arm and making calls with a cellphone that he had borrowed. As he was being put into the ambulance he told police there was a passenger "trapped inside the plane."

Prevalla did not know the student's full name, but only knew him as Feras. Freitekh lived in a Hartford apartment with several other flight students.

The FBI remains the lead agency investigating the crash and has declined to release information. The state medical examiner has not ruled Freitekh's death a suicide because he is still waiting for the FBI to complete its investigation.

A Piper PA-38 single-engine airplane operated by American Flight Academy crashed Feb. 22 in a marsh near Tweed-New Haven Airport during a training flight. The student pilot aboard the aircraft was killed and the instructor injured.